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__-second rule

Last seen in LA Times Daily Crossword October 19, 2025 Answers

The crossword clue "__-second rule" can be found in the LA Times Daily Crossword puzzle from October 19, 2025. We've gathered 126 possible solutions from our database of crossword answers spanning multiple publications. The top match is FIVE (4 letters) at 99% confidence — our strongest recommendation for this clue.

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126 Other Potential Answers

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FIVE
__-second rule
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 19, 2025
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JUST
A second ago
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 25, 2026
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TASTY
Worth a second bite
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 20, 2026
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PLACE
Come in second
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 27, 2026
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BACKTOBACK
Consecutive, or a hint to what can follow the first parts and precede the second parts of 17-, 25-, 38-, 40-, and 49-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 17, 2026
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IBEFOREE
Start of a spelling rule, or a rule to keep in mind while answering the starred clues
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 26, 2026
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AIRBUD
"Ain't no rule say the dog can't play basketball" film
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 24, 2026
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ABEL
Eve's second son
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 6, 2026
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DINNERTABLE
Place that may have a "no phones" rule
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 13, 2026
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GOONS
They enforce mob rule
Universal Crossword · Apr 17, 2026
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ONEMOMENT
"Just a second"
Universal Crossword · Apr 1, 2026
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NOW
This very second
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 29, 2026
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WONSILVER
Took second, say
Universal Crossword · Mar 19, 2026
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ONE
With 23-Across, repeated words in the Tolkien verse "___ to rule them all, ___ to find them, ___ to bring them all and in the darkness bind them"
Universal Crossword · Mar 10, 2026
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USA
Country with the second most Spanish speakers, for short
Universal Crossword · Feb 14, 2026
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MAKE
With 36- and 37-Across, get by, or how to find a second answer to each starred clue
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 6, 2026
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ASAP
"Right this second!" letters
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 6, 2026
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ANY
"__ second now"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 2, 2026
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CEO
Co. founder's second title, often
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 1, 2026
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WHOA
"Hold on just a second!"
Universal Crossword · Dec 24, 2025
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ETNA
Volcano featured in the second season of "The White Lotus"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 14, 2025
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UNIT
Meter or second
Universal Crossword · Nov 23, 2025
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BUC
Gronk, before his second retirement
Universal Crossword · Nov 21, 2025
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TINA
Jukebox musical whose second act begins with "Private Dancer"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 20, 2025
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LASTBUTNOTLEAST
Words before the final item ... or like the second number in 17-, 23-, 34- or 44-Across
Universal Crossword · Nov 17, 2025
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TEAM
Lorde's second Top 10 hit
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 15, 2025
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STEAL
Take second, say
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 15, 2025
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NOTV
Family dinner rule, maybe
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 27, 2025
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LETSPRETEND
"Imagine for a second ..."
Universal Crossword · Oct 25, 2025
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POND
*With 13-Across, deeply missed (Hint: Start by reading the first letter of this answer and the second letter of 13-Across)
Universal Crossword · Oct 24, 2025
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HURON
Alphabetically second Great Lake
Universal Crossword · Oct 2, 2025
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IMNOTREADY
"Give me a second"
Universal Crossword · Sep 27, 2025
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LEAP
__ second
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 19, 2025
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BASE
First, second or third
Universal Crossword · Sep 8, 2025
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WAVERS
Has second thoughts
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 23, 2025
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VIDA
The second word of 20-Down, in Spanish
Universal Crossword · Aug 23, 2025
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RETIRES
Becomes weary after getting a second wind?
Universal Crossword · Jul 30, 2025
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WEAREFAMILY
Sister Sledge classic whose second line is "I got all my sisters with me," and a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 39-, and 49-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 21, 2025
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EASYTIGER
"Whoa, hang on a second"
Universal Crossword · Jul 12, 2025
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LOSE
Finish second, say
Universal Crossword · Jul 10, 2025
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HEREANDNOW
Right this second
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 20, 2025
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OFTEN
As a rule
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 13, 2025
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LYNNE
Former second lady Cheney
Universal Crossword · Apr 2, 2025
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VIOLATES
Breaks, as a rule
Universal Crossword · Feb 8, 2025
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TVAD
A 30-second one cost $7 million during the 2024 Super Bowl
Universal Crossword · Feb 2, 2025
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REIGN
Period of rule
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Jan 15, 2025
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OZZIE
MLB All-Star second baseman Albies
Universal Crossword · Jan 2, 2025
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NANO
Prefix with "second"
Universal Crossword · Dec 18, 2024
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AMEN
"I'll second that!"
Universal Crossword · Nov 22, 2024
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MARCO
___ Polo (game with a "fish out of water" rule)
Universal Crossword · Nov 17, 2024
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COMMONLY
As a rule
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 14, 2024
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RAJ
British rule of India
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Oct 16, 2024
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RELISH
Enjoy every second of
Universal Crossword · Oct 13, 2024
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BYLAW
Club rule
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 10, 2024
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REPOLL
Get a second opinion?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 4, 2024
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SEEYOUAGAIN
"Furious 7" song, or a phonetic hint to the second of two letter pairs in each starred clue's answer
Universal Crossword · Sep 17, 2024
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TSA
Org. with a "3-1-1" rule
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 17, 2024
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OVERS
Do-__: second chances
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 15, 2024
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WEMEETAGAIN
"Seems like you and I have crossed paths for a second time"
Universal Crossword · Jun 29, 2024
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EMIRS
Dubai rulers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 26, 2026
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TSAR
Bygone ruler
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 20, 2026
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THIEF
Kleptocracy ruler
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 5, 2026
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NERVOUSREX
High-strung Latin ruler?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 23, 2026
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LAWANDORDER
Strict enforcement of the rules for a civil society, or how to process the requests in 21-, 26-, and 43-Across?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 21, 2026
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NORMS
Social rules
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 2, 2026
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ONEFOOT
Common length of a wooden ruler
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 13, 2026
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TSARS
Former Russian rulers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 9, 2026
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DISTANTRELATIVE
Forty-second cousin
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 4, 2026
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ARE
"Rules __ rules"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 3, 2026
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MONTREAL
Canada's second-most populous city
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 2, 2026
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NCAA
Org. whose NIL rules changed in 2021
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 12, 2026
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KENYA
Country named for Africa's second-highest peak
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 11, 2026
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SHAH
Onetime Iranian ruler
Universal Crossword · Apr 2, 2026
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GOBI
Asia's second-largest desert
Universal Crossword · Mar 29, 2026
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TIMELAPSE
Like a video showing a flower bloom in seconds
Universal Crossword · Mar 18, 2026
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EMUS
World's second-tallest birds
Universal Crossword · Mar 12, 2026
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EMU
Australian bird with secondary eyelids
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 24, 2026
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HUNDREDYARDDASH
What Jamaica's Asafa Powell ran in a record 9.09 seconds
Universal Crossword · Feb 16, 2026
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MEASURE
Use a ruler
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 13, 2026
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DRIVERSED
Where teens learn the rules of the road (In this answer, note letters 4-8)
Universal Crossword · Jan 5, 2026
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RUMMAGESALE
Place to make secondhand purchases
Universal Crossword · Nov 23, 2025
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REGS
Govt. rules
Universal Crossword · Nov 4, 2025
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MAO
Card game with unspoken rules
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 3, 2025
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IVANI
14th century Russian ruler
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 24, 2025
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TYRANT
Ruthless ruler
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 19, 2025
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LEGAL
Following the rules
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 8, 2025
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ALTEREGOS
Superheroes' secondary identities
Universal Crossword · Sep 27, 2025
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PERU
Where Incas once ruled
Universal Crossword · Sep 22, 2025
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EMIR
Arab ruler hidden in "semiretired"
Universal Crossword · Sep 17, 2025
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TULSA
Oklahoma's second-largest city
Universal Crossword · Sep 7, 2025
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OLAV
Norwegian ruler known as Folkekongen, "the people's king"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 6, 2025
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JOHNLEGEND
*"All of Me" singer who's the second-youngest EGOT winner
Universal Crossword · Jul 25, 2025
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ROI
Versailles ruler
Universal Crossword · Jul 12, 2025
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FORTWAYNE
*Indiana's second-largest city
Universal Crossword · May 22, 2025
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GRANDDUKE
Certain European ruler
Universal Crossword · May 20, 2025
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OBEY
Follow the rules
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 11, 2025
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SQUAREINCH
*Measurement unit on some graph-ruled paper
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 4, 2025
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THRIFTED
Bought in a secondhand shop
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · May 1, 2025
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USED
Like secondhand clothes
Universal Crossword · Apr 20, 2025
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SHIA
Second-largest branch of the second-largest religion
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 19, 2025
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PIGSOUT
Has seconds, thirds and fourths, say
Universal Crossword · Apr 10, 2025
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FAIRPLAY
*Respect for the rules, in sports
Universal Crossword · Apr 7, 2025
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CASPER
Wyoming's second-most populous city
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 13, 2025
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OVERLORD
Authoritative ruler
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 13, 2025
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RAMEKIN
Creme brulee dish
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 29, 2025
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HADMORE
Went for seconds
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 22, 2025
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REGENT
Appointed ruler
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Jan 8, 2025
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CHEAT
Break the rules
Universal Crossword · Dec 25, 2024
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DEPOSE
Remove, as a ruler
Universal Crossword · Dec 22, 2024
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CAESAR
Roman ruler
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Dec 14, 2024
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THELORDOFTHEGRINS
Supreme ruler who’s always smiling?
Premier Sunday Crossword · Dec 8, 2024
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SHADE
Cerulean, for one
Universal Crossword · Nov 25, 2024
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INSTANTS
Brief seconds
Premier Sunday Crossword · Oct 27, 2024
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EMP
Japanese ruler, for short
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Oct 14, 2024
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PHARAOH
Egyptian ruler
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 6, 2024
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SULTANS
Omani rulers
Universal Crossword · Oct 5, 2024
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HRE
Charlemagne ruled it: Abbr.
Premier Sunday Crossword · Sep 22, 2024
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CZAR
Russian ruler
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Sep 17, 2024
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ALTO
El __: second-largest city in Bolivia
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 14, 2024
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GHANA
World's second-largest cocoa producer
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 1, 2024
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NICKOFTIME
Last-second
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 31, 2024
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BEY
Ottoman ruler
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Jul 22, 2024
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ESTABLISH
Set up, as rules
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Jul 22, 2024
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SHOTCLOCK
*Device set to 24 seconds in the NBA
Universal Crossword · Jul 15, 2024
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UCLA
Sch. with the second-most NCAA team championships
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 13, 2024
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LEAR
Shakespearean ruler who divides his kingdom between two of his daughters
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 2, 2024

Clues for LA Times Daily Crossword on October 19, 2025

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How many possible solutions does "__-second rule" have?
We found 1 exact solution and 126 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is FIVE (4 letters).
What is the best answer for "__-second rule"?
The best answer for "__-second rule" is FIVE with 4 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
Where has "__-second rule" been used as a crossword clue?
This clue has appeared 1 time in our database. It has been featured in LA Times Daily Crossword. It was last seen in the LA Times Daily Crossword on October 19, 2025.
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